500

I hope this is your first 480 miles and the car is still being broken in

avdiscolo

Nope.

The car has 15K miles on it and has most likely consumed this much from day 1. I gave it some time to settle down after the head gasket was replaced at 7K miles, but it never did. I just got tired of feeding it mass quantities of oil and took it up with the dealer a month ago.

cviles

I added about 1/4qt at 800 miles and not a drop since. Only have 2400 miles on my '07 997S though. Same with my '05 987S; just a little bit during break-in and then nothing other than regular changes in 22K miles.

500

Sorry to hear that...stay on Porsche and get to know the DSM.

printemps2001

1/2 litre two times during the first 1500 miles. None since then (currently at 4000 miles).

mdrobc1213

just channged mine at 17500k after dealer change when I bought it CPO at 10k. Put 8 quarts in Mobil 0-40 and so far no need to add any after an additional 1k of mileage. Will probably add a quart between 2500 and 5k tho.

500

Update: From 0-2000 miles it took one quart, then from 2000 to 5200 it took a little less than a half quart and just recently from 5200 to 6000 miles it took 6 ozs.

cole328

What kind of oil is recommended to keep in the garage in case the need arises to top her off? I live in Florida, so never really gets cold here Also, can I avoid going to Porsche dealer to get the oil? its quite far from my home, and I hoping I can get a high quality synthetic that is recommended from local auto parts store.

500

Mobil One 0-40w is factory fill.

Randy V

I'm guessin' that this poll has run its course, so I'll unstick it now.

Edgy01

One more data point for everyone. I finally got a copy of the Porsche technical bulletin that states that using 1.5 litres of oil per 1000 kilometers is considered to be within their normal range, and is their maximum allowable consumption before they will take action.

Conversions for you:

1.5 litre is 1.585 US quarts (liquid)
1.5 litre is 50.721 ozs (US liquid)

Thus, if you are using 2.55 quarts of oil per 1000 miles, you are within their limit.
(or 129.35 ounces per 1000 miles; 12.92 ozs per 100 miles) or .26 quart per 100 miles.

So. The real question needs to be,--where did Porsche cook this up? Is the fox (fuchs) guarding this hen haus?

Bottom line number for the US--If you need a quart every 384 miles you are STILL within their acceptable consumption figure.

Coochas

Nice find on the TSB Dan.
I guess you could say that's fuched up....really.
Do you find it odd that the TSB states that the engine should be off to check the oil? As far as I can tell, it MUST be off for the e-dipstick to work.

sandwedge

Another question I have is.........if those consumption figures apply to all 997's, why doesn't the page make reference to "MY 2005-2008" instead of "MY 2007"?